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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Green Arrow – New 52 | Comics

Green Arrow – New 52 | Comics

Living under the shadows of his Robert Queen, Oliver Queen had a determination on person level from his childhood as he becomes a master of whatever he chose to excel in. Robert wanted his son to learn the way of their family business whereas Oliver kept himself busy in archery, fencing and passing time with his good buddy Tommy Merlyn, just to piss his father off. There was an oil rig in Pacific that Oliver used to party which is once attacked by a terrorist named Iron Eagle who wanted to loot the oil. Ollie took it upon him to fight the pirates and he incapacitates their leader but unfortunately the detonator that was rigged to the explosives strapped on everyone goes off anyway and the blast killed everyone except him, drifting him to a distant island.

To survive on that island for a year with nothing but his skills, he honed himself and fought mercenaries there. By the time he was back in Seattle, he was changed and he starts spending his nights hunting while using his fortune to fund his war against crime as Green Arrow. He learns about a boy named Roy Harper who tried to hack into Queen Industries. Roy eventually becomes his partner Arsenal but later left and joined Red Hood and the Outlaws. Ollie faces trouble with his company Q-Core and an assassin who targeted him (The Midas Touch). Meanwhile, he visited Metropolis and back in Seattle, he met with Hawkman for a brief team-up. During his career he had a run in with Steve Trevor, Justice League, Count Vertigo and the legendary assassin Deathstroke.

Green Arrow – Outbreak Following the end of his New Earth continuity with the “Flashpoint” crossover event, Green Arrow found himself in The New 52 (Prime Earth) timeline with his own monthly ongoing series. Oliver Queen’s journey in Prime Earth began in a fashion somewhat similar to the “Green Arrow – Year One” limited series but the take on his character was a bit different. Writers J.T. Krul, Keith Giffen (Aquaman, Doctor Fate), Ann Nocenti, Judd Winick (Batman – As the Crow Flies, Battle for the Cowl), Jeff Lemire (Justice League Dark, New 52 – Futures End), Ben Sokolowski, Andrew Kreisberg and Benjamin Percy were aided by the team of artists Dan Jurgens (Booster Gold, Superman/Doomsday – Hunter/Prey), Ignacio Calero, Harvey Tolibao, Steve Kurth, Freddie E. Williams II (Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, He-Man/Thundercats), Andrea Sorrentino, Daniel Sampere, Patrick Zircher (Cable & Deadpool, Suicide Squad – New 52) and Fabrizio Fiorentino to mold the entire series focused on him.
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